diff --git a/download.py b/download.py
index a0dc904919b89fd1d605771053c711831333e337..fa4aa560221266bc29239b627b5236c8956e0e35 100755
--- a/download.py
+++ b/download.py
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@ User and password are given through environnement variables USER_NAME and PASSWO
 The documentation of the API of GENESIS is available as a PDF here:
 https://www-genesis.destatis.de/genesis/online?language=en&operation=previous&levelindex=0&step=0&titel=Webservice&levelid=1651243696442&acceptscookies=false
 """
+
 import argparse
 import datetime
 import io
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+from email.utils import parsedate_to_datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, cast
 
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ XML_STD_HEADER = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'
 # Categories to take into consideration are defined in destatis_util
 CATEGORIES = du.CATEGORY_LABELS.keys()
 
-DESTATIS_RSS_URL = "https://www-genesis.destatis.de/genesis/online/news?language=en"
+DESTATIS_RSS_URL = "https://www-genesis.destatis.de/genesisGONLINE/api/rest/information/newsfeed/rss/en"
 
 STATISTIKS_URL_TPL = (
     "https://www-genesis.destatis.de/genesisWS/web/RechercheService_2010?"
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ def fetch_updated_categories_from_rss(observed_categories, ref_date: datetime.da
             continue
 
         if elt.tag == PUBDATE_TAG and in_entry and evt == "end":
-            entry_info["pub_date"] = datetime.datetime.strptime(elt.text.strip(), "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z")
+            entry_info["pub_date"] = parsedate_to_datetime(elt.text.strip())
 
         if elt.tag == TITLE_TAG and in_entry and evt == "end":
             # Do we have to consider this entry title?